Daniel E. Wagner

5.4k total citations · 6 hit papers
18 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Daniel E. Wagner is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Global and Planetary Change and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel E. Wagner has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 4 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Daniel E. Wagner's work include Marine Ecology and Invasive Species (7 papers), Planarian Biology and Electrostimulation (7 papers) and Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (5 papers). Daniel E. Wagner is often cited by papers focused on Marine Ecology and Invasive Species (7 papers), Planarian Biology and Electrostimulation (7 papers) and Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (5 papers). Daniel E. Wagner collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Japan. Daniel E. Wagner's co-authors include Allon M. Klein, Peter W. Reddien, Irving E. Wang, Caleb Weinreb, Sean G. Megason, James Briggs, Zach M. Collins, Josien C. van Wolfswinkel, Leonid Peshkin and Jaclyn J. Ho and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Daniel E. Wagner

16 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Single-cell mapping of gene expression landscapes and lineage in the zebrafish embryo

2018 530 citations Daniel E. Wagner, Caleb Weinreb et al. Science profile →
Clonogenic Neoblasts Are Pluripotent Adult Stem Cells That Underlie Planarian Regeneration

2011 481 citations Daniel E. Wagner, Irving E. Wang et al. Science profile →
Simultaneous single-cell profiling of lineages and cell types in the vertebrate brain

2018 408 citations Bushra Raj, Daniel E. Wagner et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →
Lineage tracing meets single-cell omics: opportunities and challenges

2020 368 citations Daniel E. Wagner, Allon M. Klein Nature Reviews Genetics profile →
The dynamics of gene expression in vertebrate embryogenesis at single-cell resolution

2018 365 citations James Briggs, Caleb Weinreb et al. Science profile →
The emergence of transcriptional identity in somatosensory neurons

2020 270 citations Nikhil Sharma, Karina Lezgiyeva et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Daniel E. Wagner United States	15	2.8k	850	382	325	297	18	3.3k
Sylvain W. Lapan United States	16	2.1k 0.8×	615 0.7×	295 0.8×	144 0.4×	236 0.8×	19	2.4k
Sven Sagasser Sweden	13	3.7k 1.3×	134 0.2×	294 0.8×	899 2.8×	172 0.6×	13	5.2k
Patrick Lemaire France	44	6.3k 2.3×	1.4k 1.7×	249 0.7×	279 0.9×	345 1.2×	116	7.8k
Kerstin Bartscherer Germany	22	2.5k 0.9×	716 0.8×	338 0.9×	399 1.2×	311 1.0×	28	2.9k
Jean‐Stéphane Joly France	27	2.5k 0.9×	333 0.4×	244 0.6×	203 0.6×	142 0.5×	47	3.6k
Manuel Irimia Spain	43	5.9k 2.1×	321 0.4×	566 1.5×	768 2.4×	174 0.6×	120	6.8k
David R. McClay United States	54	4.7k 1.7×	1.1k 1.3×	188 0.5×	294 0.9×	303 1.0×	144	7.4k
Thierry Lepage France	28	2.6k 0.9×	486 0.6×	66 0.2×	226 0.7×	171 0.6×	45	3.5k
Bret J. Pearson Canada	29	2.7k 1.0×	1.3k 1.5×	757 2.0×	88 0.3×	456 1.5×	53	3.4k
José Luis Gómez-Skármeta Spain	47	5.2k 1.9×	408 0.5×	720 1.9×	400 1.2×	295 1.0×	134	6.2k

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18 of 18 papers shown

Wagner, Daniel E., et al.. (2025). Comprehensive profiling of migratory primordial germ cells reveals niche-specific differences in non-canonical Wnt and Nodal-Lefty signaling in anterior vs posterior migrants. eLife. 14.

Skinner, Dominic J., et al.. (2025). Evaluating Selective Quality Control in Mammalian Oogenesis: Evidence and Opportunities. Annual Review of Genetics. 59(1). 237–270.

Kraiczy, Judith, Neil McCarthy, Ermanno Malagola, et al.. (2023). Graded BMP signaling within intestinal crypt architecture directs self-organization of the Wnt-secreting stem cell niche. Cell stem cell. 30(4). 433–449.e8. 38 indexed citations

Díaz-Cuadros, Margarete, Daniel E. Wagner, Christoph Budjan, et al.. (2020). In vitro characterization of the human segmentation clock. Nature. 580(7801). 113–118. 129 indexed citations

Sharma, Nikhil, et al.. (2020). The emergence of transcriptional identity in somatosensory neurons. Nature. 577(7790). 392–398. 270 indexed citations breakdown →

Wagner, Daniel E. & Allon M. Klein. (2020). Lineage tracing meets single-cell omics: opportunities and challenges. Nature Reviews Genetics. 21(7). 410–427. 368 indexed citations breakdown →

Petersen, Christian P., et al.. (2019). A small set of conserved genes, including sp5 and Hox, are activated by Wnt signaling in the posterior of planarians and acoels. PLoS Genetics. 15(10). e1008401–e1008401. 23 indexed citations

Briggs, James, Caleb Weinreb, Daniel E. Wagner, et al.. (2018). The dynamics of gene expression in vertebrate embryogenesis at single-cell resolution. Science. 360(6392). 365 indexed citations breakdown →

Wagner, Daniel E., Caleb Weinreb, Zach M. Collins, et al.. (2018). Single-cell mapping of gene expression landscapes and lineage in the zebrafish embryo. Science. 360(6392). 981–987. 530 indexed citations breakdown →

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Raj, Bushra, Daniel E. Wagner, Aaron McKenna, et al.. (2018). Simultaneous single-cell profiling of lineages and cell types in the vertebrate brain. Nature Biotechnology. 36(5). 442–450. 408 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wang, Irving E., Daniel E. Wagner, & Peter W. Reddien. (2018). Clonal Analysis of Planarian Stem Cells by Subtotal Irradiation and Single-Cell Transplantation. Methods in molecular biology. 479–495. 9 indexed citations

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Wagner, Daniel E., et al.. (2015). teashirt is required for head-versus-tail regeneration polarity in planarians. Development. 142(6). 1062–72. 24 indexed citations

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Wolfswinkel, Josien C. van, Daniel E. Wagner, & Peter W. Reddien. (2014). Single-Cell Analysis Reveals Functionally Distinct Classes within the Planarian Stem Cell Compartment. Cell stem cell. 15(3). 326–339. 225 indexed citations

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Witchley, Jessica N., et al.. (2013). Muscle Cells Provide Instructions for Planarian Regeneration. Cell Reports. 4(4). 633–641. 183 indexed citations

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Wagner, Daniel E., Jaclyn J. Ho, & Peter W. Reddien. (2012). Genetic Regulators of a Pluripotent Adult Stem Cell System in Planarians Identified by RNAi and Clonal Analysis. Cell stem cell. 10(3). 299–311. 157 indexed citations

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Wagner, Daniel E., Irving E. Wang, & Peter W. Reddien. (2011). Clonogenic Neoblasts Are Pluripotent Adult Stem Cells That Underlie Planarian Regeneration. Science. 332(6031). 811–816. 481 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wagner, Daniel E., Charles L. Phillips, Grant E. Nybakken, et al.. (2005). Toward the development of peptide nanofilaments and nanoropes as smart materials. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(36). 12656–12661. 96 indexed citations

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Dockhorn, Robert J., et al.. (1997). Proventil HFA Provides Protection from Exercise-Induced Bronchoconstriction Comparable to Proventil and Ventolin. Annals of Allergy Asthma & Immunology. 79(1). 85–88. 22 indexed citations

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